<script type="text/javascript">
function slideSwitch() {
    var $active = $('#slideshow IMG.active');

    if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow IMG:last');

    // use this to pull the images in the order they appear in the markup
    var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
        : $('#slideshow IMG:first');

    // uncomment the 3 lines below to pull the images in random order

     var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
     var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
     var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );


    $active.addClass('last-active');

    $next.css({opacity: 0.0})
        .addClass('active')
        .animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
            $active.removeClass('active last-active');
        });
}

$(function() {
    setInterval( "slideSwitch()", 5000 );
});

</script>

<style type="text/css">

/*** set the width and height to match your images **/

#slideshow {
    position:relative;
    height:180px;
}

#slideshow IMG {
    padding-top: 10px;
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
    left:0;
    z-index:8;
    opacity:0.0;
}

#slideshow IMG.active {
    z-index:10;
    opacity:1.0;
}

#slideshow IMG.last-active {
    z-index:9;
}

</style>

<div id="slideshow">
<?php $i=0; foreach($this->getRecentPhotos() as $photo): $i++; ?>
<?php
if ($i==1) {$class='active';}
$url = Yii::app()->baseUrl.'/'.Yii::app()->params['imageHome'].$photo->image;
?>
<?php echo CHtml::image($url, 'image',array('width'=>'215px','height'=>'170px','class'=>$class))?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>